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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[i^]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\
(kr[=a]"f[i^]sh`), n.; pl. -fishes or -fish. [Corrupted
fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. ['e]crevisse, fr.
OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See Crab. The ending -fish
arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any decapod crustacean of the family Astacid[ae] (genera
Cambarus and Cambarus), resembling the lobster, but
smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed
very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North
American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus
Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is
Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is
Astacus fluviatilis.
Syn: crawdad, crawdaddy.
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2. tiny lobsterlike crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
Syn: crawdad, ecrevisse.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace
but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
Syn: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish, sea
crawfish.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. Fishes (f[i^]sh"[e^]z), or collectively,
Fish. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch,
OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk,
Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. Piscatorial. In some
cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob.
been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
diverse characteristics, living in the water.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
Pisces.
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Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
(sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
fishes.
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3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
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4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
(b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
used to strengthen a mast or yard.
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Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
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Age of Fishes. See under Age, n., 8.
Fish ball, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
round cake. [U.S.]
Fish bar. Same as Fish plate (below).
Fish beam (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
Fish crow (Zo["o]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
ossifragus), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
States. It feeds largely on fish.
Fish culture, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
pisciculture.
Fish davit. See Davit.
Fish day, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
Fish duck (Zo["o]l.), any species of merganser.
Fish fall, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
Fish garth, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
taking them easily.
Fish glue. See Isinglass.
Fish joint, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
railroads.
Fish kettle, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
Fish ladder, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
Fish line, or Fishing line, a line made of twisted hair,
silk, etc., used in angling.
Fish louse (Zo["o]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to Caligus,
Argulus, and other related genera. See Branchiura.
Fish maw (Zo["o]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
bladder, or sound.
Fish meal, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
soups, etc.
Fish oil, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
Fish owl (Zo["o]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
genera Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian
species ({K. Ceylonensis).
Fish plate, one of the plates of a fish joint.
Fish pot, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
Fish pound, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish slice, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
fish trowel.
Fish slide, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
--Knight.
Fish sound, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
the preparation of isinglass.
Fish story, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish strainer.
(a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
boiler.
(b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
to drain the water from a boiled fish.
Fish trowel, a fish slice.
Fish weir or Fish wear, a weir set in a stream, for
catching fish.
Neither fish nor flesh, Neither fish nor fowl (Fig.),
neither one thing nor the other.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. Fishes, or collectively, Fish. [OE.
fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG.
fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L.
piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. Piscatorial. In some cases, such as
fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused
with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
diverse characteristics, living in the water.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
Pisces.
Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
(sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
fishes.
3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
5. (Naut.)
(a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
(b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
used to strengthen a mast or yard.
Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
Age of Fishes. See under Age, n., 8.
Fish ball, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
round cake. [U.S.]
Fish bar. Same as Fish plate (below).
Fish beam (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
Fish crow (Zo["o]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus
ossifragus), found on the Atlantic coast of the United
States. It feeds largely on fish.
Fish culture, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
pisciculture.
Fish davit. See Davit.
Fish day, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
Fish duck (Zo["o]l.), any species of merganser.
Fish fall, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
Fish garth, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
taking them easily.
Fish glue. See Isinglass.
Fish joint, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
railroads.
Fish kettle, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
Fish ladder, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
Fish line, or Fishing line, a line made of twisted hair,
silk, etc., used in angling.
Fish louse (Zo["o]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to Caligus,
Argulus, and other related genera. See Branchiura.
Fish maw (Zo["o]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
bladder, or sound.
Fish meal, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
soups, etc.
Fish oil, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
Fish owl (Zo["o]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World
genera Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian
species ({K. Ceylonensis).
Fish plate, one of the plates of a fish joint.
Fish pot, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
Fish pound, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish slice, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
fish trowel.
Fish slide, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
--Knight.
Fish sound, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
the preparation of isinglass.
Fish story, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish strainer.
(a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
boiler.
(b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
to drain the water from a boiled fish.
Fish trowel, a fish slice.
Fish weir or wear, a weir set in a stream, for catching
fish.
Neither fish nor flesh (Fig.), neither one thing nor the
other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Finch \Finch\, n.; pl. Fishes. [AS. finc; akin to D. vink,
OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
the family Fringillid[ae].
Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch,
goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
Bramble finch. See Brambling.
Canary finch, the canary bird.
Copper finch. See Chaffinch.
Diamond finch. See under Diamond.
Finch falcon (Zo["o]l.), one of several very small East
Indian falcons of the genus Hierax.
To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting
person. [Obs.] ``Privily a finch eke could he pull.''
--Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[i^]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\
(kr[=a]"f[i^]sh`), n.; pl. -fishes or -fish. [Corrupted
fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. ['e]crevisse, fr.
OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See Crab. The ending -fish
arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any crustacean of the family Astacid[ae], resembling the
lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes
are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America.
The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to
the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave
is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is
Astacus fluviatilis.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
fish
n 1: any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates
usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the
shark is a large fish"; "in the livingroom there was a
tank of colorful fish"
2: the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten
raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot
of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have
a chef who specializes in fish"
3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
[syn: Pisces]
4: the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about February 19 to March 20 [syn: Pisces, Pisces the
Fishes]
v 1: seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" [syn: angle]
2: catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go
fishing on weekends"
[also: fishes (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
fishes
See fish
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Fishes
Αγγλικά n.
(ετ αστερ en) Ιχθύες
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fishes
n.
1 (plural of en fish nodot=1)
2 # (lb en universal) ''multiple kinds of fish''
3 # (lb en usually nonstandard or archaic) ''multiple individual
fish''
vb.
(infl of en fish s-verb-form)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Fishes
n.
(plural of en Fish)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
fishes
n.
1 (plural of en fish nodot=1)
2 # (lb en universal) ''multiple kinds of fish''
3 # (lb en usually nonstandard or archaic) ''multiple individual
fish''
vb.
(infl of en fish s-verb-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Fishes
n.
(plural of en Fish)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
fishes
n.
1 (plural of en fish nodot=1)
2 # (lb en universal) ''multiple kinds of fish''
3 # (lb en usually nonstandard or archaic) ''multiple individual
fish''
vb.
(infl of en fish s-verb-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Fishes
n.
(plural of en Fish)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
fishes
n.
1 (plural of en fish nodot=1)
2 # (lb en universal) ''multiple kinds of fish''
3 # (lb en usually nonstandard or archaic) ''multiple individual
fish''
vb.
(infl of en fish s-verb-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Fishes
n.
(plural of en Fish)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fishes
Englanti n.
(en-monikko f ish es)
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm f ish es)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fishes
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst fish)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb fish)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fishes'
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst fish)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Fishes /fˈɪʃɪz/
الأسماك
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
fishes /fˈɪʃɪz/
ryby
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
fishes /fˈɪʃɪz/
rybaří
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
fishes /fˈɪʃɪz/
Fische
"feed the fishes" - die Fische füttern (Seekranker)
Synonym: fish
see: fish, small fish, demersal fish, cavernicolous fish, troglobitic fish
Note: different groups/species of fish
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
fishes /fˈɪʃɪz/
angelt
Synonym: angles
see: fish, angle, fishing, angling, fished, angled, fished, angled
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
fishes /fˈɪʃɪz/
fischt, angelt
see: fish, fishing, fished, fished
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
fishes /fˈɪʃɪz/
halfajták
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈfɪʃəz/, /ˈfɪʃɪz/
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
Fishes
双鱼星座
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